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Had helmet head on one of the seedlings. Kept wet for a couple days but had to remove it myself. It doesn't look good but I'll let it go for a few days to see if it survives. Other than that, I only spray a light mist of pH water every couple days and soil is holding good moisture so far.
Light set at 276 PPFD. I'll raise the intensity as soon as I see signs of growth from the slacker.
This week I've been slowly lowering the humidity and raising the light intensity. It's now at 63%rh and 500PPFD. At this point I watered 1.26 liters of 6.5ph water per plant after 10 days from last watering. The seed with helmet head didn't make it.
This week I started using the wicking bases. Just ph water and no newts yet. There were a few giant fan leaves that were covering all of the lower plant. I trimmed a few leaves with a razor blade. They seem to be doing ok so far.
This week I top dressed Gaia Green Power Bloom at full dose and 2 cups of worm castings. I also added a full dose of silica and cal mag. I've been watering roughly every 5-7 days with dechlorinated tap water at 6.3 to 6.5ph. They started to blow up and I had to trim some fan leaves and do a lot of leaf tucking. I've been slowly lowering humidity and the light intensity raised to 90%. PPFD at the canopy is 660 as of today. So far so good for these ladies.
What MG says
Let it stretch some. And before heavy pistils appear (heavy pre flower) make sure you get it done within that time. Mes MG he'll explain better.
This week I added a half gallon of Boogie Brew compost tea to each plant. Added full dose of CalMag to the wicking bases about a gallon each. The lady on the right drinks twice as much as the other. These ladies were getting ridiculously loaded with leaves that I couldn't tuck any longer. I had to trim some so I took about 4 leaves per plant every 24 hours for a few days straight. Temperatures are basically the same. I did lower the humidity down to 49 because I had some moisture on the leaves and I want to avoid any mold issues. I didn't adjust the light any this week so PPFD is basically still the same. VPD is around 1.4 at the moment. I'm starting to get a stronger peppery, Herby, skunky smell but not too strong yet. I really like the way these girls amell. So far so good as far as I can tell.
This week I used more Boogie Brew compost tea and CalMag. They're very thirsty this week. I watered Monday and filled the wicking bases and I had to refill the wicking bases every day this week. Water was 6.5ph and dechlorinated. Light is set at 700 PPFD, VPD has been between 1 - 1.5. I did some leaf trimming again and they don't seem to mind it at all. I've been trying to keep it simple and so far I haven't had any major issues as far as I can tell.
At what point do I stop feeding nutrients? So far I have done two applications of Gaia Green Power Bloom but none since last week. I don't know how long the flower period will go so I don't want to feed to close to harvest. Can I just use the compost tea and CalMag from now on?
Till the last wk before harvest
Ripening
Also, did you take that pic after lights just back on..if so your plants are suffering from light stress big time
700ppfd in pre flower is far too much in ambient conditions. I suggest you put your lights on a 16-8 r lower your ppfd. More light doesn't mean more bud. You'll actually get a more smoother grow if you come back with lights on with no droopyness as that should go 20m or so after lights out. If at all.
The pics from the last question were takes 5 minutes before lights out. These are what they look like all day up until about an hour before lights out. Are they getting too much light?
This week the soil pH went above 7 so I watered with dechlorinated water lowering from 6.5 down to 6.0 slowly over the week. I'll be checking the soil pH tomorrow and keeping an eye on soil pH from now on. They've been drinking about a gallon of water per day each. It seems like a lot to me but I'm new to this so I'll go with it. Fed them Gaia Green Bloom, Recharge, Molasses, CalMag and Silica this week as well. The smell from the tent is getting stronger but not overpowering so far. The two plants seem to be quite different in leaf color which prompted me to check the soil pH. The leaves don't show any spotting and the color is fairly uniform so I don't think it's a direct nutrient deficiency and may be pH related. I hope I can bring the soil pH down a little bit and see if there's any change to the leaf color. If I'm wrong about my assumption, please feel free to comment. I take constructive criticism as a plus.
This week, I continued to water with 6.0ph water. The lighter plant is getting greener although it doesn't look like it in the pictures. I'm not sure my pH pen is accurate, even after I recalibrated it. I noticed a little bit of browning on the leaf tips where the fan was hitting it so I moved the fan. I used full dose Power Bloom, Silica, Recharge, and one application of CalMag. They're starting to put on a little frost and hands get super sticky when working on them. So far not perfect but overall I'm happy with the way they look.
One of my plants was light green all over and I started to lower the watering pH because soil was reaching over 7.0 pH. She's starting to get darker and the leaves look funny to me. Not sure if it's a problem or if it just looks this way because the darker green is coming bak
El problema fue el ph superior a 7 no asimilava bien los nutrientes. Pero tu ya bajaste esos niveles y el problema fue solucionado. Por eso esta regresando a su color original. Manten el ph entre 6 y 6.5.Suerte
This week I only watered with dechlorinated water at 6-6.2 pH. The lighter green plant has darkened up significantly. I think the smaller plant is almost ready to chop but the other one is lagging behind. I will continue with water only from now on.
Just water again this week. The buds are getting fatter and starting to smell fantastic. The smaller plant smells like lemon and skunk. The bigger plant smells like sweet sweet candy. I snapped one of the stems when moving the plants around. It snapped at the main stalk but stayed attached. I used some coated toe wire to hold it in place as to not let the weight of the bud pull it apart. So far it doesn't seem to care. Trichomes on the smaller plant are getting pretty cloudy but the larger plant is mostly clear. I think I'm going to have to harvest the smaller plant sometime this week and let the other go longer. I'm really happy with how these plants have progressed the last few weeks.
This week was just dechlorinated 6.3 pH water. I was going to chop the smaller plant but ordered a new tent set up for drying. This week the bigger plant really started to fade and the buds are looking pretty good. Starting to get a decent amount of amber trichomes on the smallest plant so she'll be chopped and hung in the new drying tent this weekend. Even though the bigger plant is fading, there are too many clear trichomes to chop yet. I'll keep a close eye on it and respond accordingly.
Even though the smaller plant didn't fade at all, the trichomes were about 85% cloudy, 10% clear and 5% amber. I harvested the smaller plant and hung the buds in a 4x4 tent with temps around 64 degrees fahrenheit and humidity set at 58%rh. The first few days the tent smelled like fresh cut grass but that has mostly gone away. I got a little nervous about that but everything seems fine now.
The larger plant is still running and I'm only watering 1/3 of a gallon of dechlorinated 6.3ph water every 3days. The trichomes are still mostly clear at this time but the leaves are fading quite a bit. The night temps are down to 62 degrees fahrenheit and day temps up to around 74 degrees fahrenheit. It looks like it'll be another week or two until trichomes are mostly cloudy.
I chopped the bigger plant today. The smaller plant is out of the drying tent and curing in jars. I tested the smaller plant and it has an earthy citrus taste and a really good relaxing effect. It does have a very slight fresh cut grass smell to the earthy notes. I assume I should have flushed it a bit before harvest. I'm going to put it back in the tent for a few days and see if that goes away. I'll update soon.
To start off I want to remind everyone that this was my first grow and I'm not an expert at anything. I appreciate the help from the communityvery much. That being said, I'm very happy with the way these ladies produced. The small plant gave me 4.25oz of dry flower and the bigger plant gave me 5.50oz of dry flower. I dried them in a 4x4 tent set at 65 degrees farenheight and 59% rh for several weeks. The dry took longer than expected but it was worth it. These ladies were easy to grow and if a begginer like me can have a decent harvest, I would say anyone can. The only issue I have and is probably my fault is that the dry flower has almost no smell. The plants smelled great while they were growing and smell good when grinded but in the jars they are a little dissapointing for smell. The bigger plant does have a slight berry scent in the jar to be fair. The effect on the other hand is incredible. I couldnt be more happy with the effect. Both plants have a very relaxing powerful buzz that even my friends who are heavy smokers could not get enough of. The flavor isnt anything spectacular but its not bad at all, its a little earthy, with hints of citrus and berry, Again, this is my first grow so I may have messed up the dry and effected the outcome. I would recommend Sherbt Queen auto to beginners as well as experienced growers for the fact that they are strong, versatile plants and the effect is definately something special.
I honestly couldnt be happier with my first grow. I want to thank the community for the help and support over the last several weeks. Everything went pretty good in my opinion with very little problems to speak of. I cant say anything bad at all about Royal Queen Seeds Sherbet Queen auto as anything i could say negative is miniscule compared to the awesome effect of the smoke. As a new grower, I'll take all the blame for any grower errors.
For this grow I used may AC Infinity 3x3 tent, Ionboard S33 light, 6 inch carbon filters, 6 inch intake air filter, controller 69 and 69 Pro, Co2 monitor/ solenoid, wicking pots, and oscillationg fans, LG air conditioner in my room, genaric (lizard) humidifier, and Frigidaire dehumidifier. This set up made it very easy to grow these plants. The drying tent was an AC Infinity 4x4 with 4 inch carbon filter as a scrubber and air mover, two AC infinity 6 inch oscillating fans (on low), LG air conditioner in the room and Frigidaire dehumidifier controlled by AC Infinity Controller69. I also used an Apera ph meter, HM Digital hydro tester, Vivosun air pump for airating, Boogie Brew water filter, and a few misc. items.
Im going to start another grow soon but havent decided what to grow or if I want to upgrade my light before I start, I would like to be able to take full advantsge of the CO2 system but the Ionboard S33 isnt up to that task. I want to thank everyone again for the help, the support is very much appreciated.
@yan402,
Thank you. Yes, this is my very first grow. I have read books about growing for about 30 years but never actually started a grow. Now with YouTube I can see how people actually put the practices to use and came up with a game plan. I decided to finally try it and I'm nervous that I'll mess it up. So far it's been good but I find myself constantly looking up things that I come across. The hardest part I think is not over reacting when you see something new. It's kind of being a parent for the first time and being overly nervous about getting parenting right. I'm obviously new to this community and find myself studying other grows to see what I can learn from this awesome community. I really appreciate how the grow community welcomes newcomers. I very much appreciate all the help and comments from experienced growers such as yourself. Thank you.
Milty
